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Examining Gene Therapy As Treatment For Blindness

Examining Gene Therapy As Treatment For Blindness

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DATE : Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:27 -0400
Entered in Database : 2009-10-30 22:47:27
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Reporting in The Lancet, doctors found success in treating Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare type of blindness, with gene therapy. Study author Katherine High explains how injecting a gene-carrying virus into the eye has improved vision in a handful of patients.

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